Industry Affiliations
LizardTech is a proud member of several organizations in the geospatial and document imaging industries. Below is an outline of our company’s industry affiliations.
Sustaining Member of ASPRS
Founded in 1934, the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is a scientific association serving over 7,000 professional members around the world. ASPRS’s mission is to advance knowledge and improve understanding of mapping sciences to promote the responsible applications of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and supporting technologies.
ESRI Business Partner
Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) develops geographic information systems (GIS) solutions that function as an integral component in nearly every type of organization. On any given day, more than a million people around the world use Esri’s GIS to improve the way their organizations conduct business. Esri gives GIS users what they need by listening closely and incorporating their feedback and recommended improvements. Esri also hosts the largest GIS industry event in the world, publishes two of the most widely circulated periodicals in the industry, and operates the leading GIS book publisher.
Sustaining Member of ISPRS
ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) is a non-governmental organization devoted to the development of international cooperation for the advancement of photogrammetry and remote sensing and their applications. The Society operates without any discrimination on grounds of race, religion, nationality, or political philosophy.
MAPPS Member
MAPPS (The Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors) is the only national association of firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States. MAPPS was formed by a handful of progressive firms in 1982 as a successor to the Legislative Council for Photogrammetry to provide a forum for firms in private practice photogrammetry. The organization has grown to more than 150 members based on a reputation of aggressive advocacy of the private photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying, and GIS community.
OGC Associate Member
The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services. Through their member-driven consensus programs, OGC works with government, private industry, and academia to create open and extensible software application programming interfaces for geographic information systems (GIS) and other mainstream technologies.
Oracle Partner Level Member
Oracle’s business is information—how to manage it, use it, share it, protect it. The world’s largest enterprise software company, Oracle is the only vendor to offer solutions for every tier of your business-database, middleware, business intelligence, business applications, and collaboration. With Oracle, you get information that helps you measure results, improve business processes, and communicate a single truth to your constituents.
Open Source Geospatial Foundation - Sponsor
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and data. The foundation serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.
USGIF Member - Sponsor Level
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) offers members the opportunity to network with a dynamic group of professionals who are interested in advancing the pursuit and application of geospatial intelligence, educating the public on the importance of this sector on the global community, and shaping the overall future of the sector now and into the next century. It also allows members to network and collaborate with senior-level decision makers across the geospatial intelligence community, as well as gain access to Intelligence Community leaders through the USGIF Speaker Series. USGIF is proud to lead the industry in educating and cultivating top talent and future leaders in the geospatial intelligence industry through our USGIF Academy. The Academy efforts continue to gain momentum and will provide huge benefits to the organization’s corporate, individual, and government members. The USGIF Academy working group is in the process of creating their first panel, which will establish curriculum guidelines and accreditation standards and process for Geospatial Intelligence academic courses and a certificate program.
